Overview
As a Sr Clinical Scientist you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.
Responsibilities
What you will be doing:
- May lead or support a study or studies, depending on size/complexity. If lead, accountable for the clinical/scientific execution of the protocol.
- As lead, will be responsible for the following:
- Clinical point of contact for scientific issues/questions for internal and external stakeholders (e.g., IRB, sites).
- Responsible for trial design and endpoint development in collaboration with CD.
- Leads the Medical Monitoring (MM) team in performing MM activities, including development of the Medical Monitoring Plan (MMP) and review of SAE reports.
- Sets up/supports SAC, DMC, adjudication committees.
- Collaborates with medical writer on protocols/amendments and participates in governance committee review.
- Authors protocol clarification letters.
- Contributes to study specific documents (e.g., SMP).
- Reviews/updates informed consent.
- Provides scientific input to SM for data management activities (e.g., EDC, DRP, CRFs).
- Monitors data issues requiring clinical input.
- Monitors central lab reports and other external data for safety and critical values.
- Prepares scientific slides, attends and presents protocol information at Investigator Meeting.
- Scientific lead on Clinical Trial Team (CTT).
- Reviews specs, initiates allocation (randomization) request form and approval schedule in allocation schedule generation system.
- Coordinates planning of lab, bio specimens and imaging specifications.
- Co-authors newsletters with SM.
- Participates in Database lock activities and collaboratively plans CSRs, CTDs/WMAs with medical writing.
- Supports publications/presentations as needed.
- Reconciles and reviews all protocol deviation classifications in SPECTRUM.
- Assesses and prepares protocol deviation list for CSR.
- Collaborates with medical writing to develop trial results communication for investigators.
- Provides scientific assessment for Operational Reviews.
- Supports SM/MW activities as needed to achieve CTT deliverables.
- Provides clinical specifications to SM to support interactions with external vendors (e.g., IVRS, ePRO).
- May act as mentor to other CSs.
Qualifications
What you need to have:
Educational Requirements
- BS/BA in Life Sciences with 7+ yrs clinical research experience.
- MS/PhD in Life Sciences with 5+ years clinical research experience.
- If no degree in Life Sciences, must have significant experience in clinical development (>11 years).
Minimum Years of Experience
- Minimum 2 years pharmaceutical and/or clinical drug development experience as a lead CS required.
- Medical monitoring experience required.
- Cardiovascular experience (i.e. atherosclerosis) highly preferred.
- Excellent Excel and PP skills required.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to travel up to 15% (might include international travel).
- To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada or the US, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.
Position based remote in US or Canada.
What ICON can offer you: Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent. In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits designed to be competitive within each country and focused on well-being and work-life balance opportunities for you and your family. Examples of our benefits include:
- Various annual leave entitlements.
- A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
- Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
- Global Employee Assistance Programme, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals.
- Life assurance.
- Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON. At ICON, diversity, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative which helps us better serve our people, patients, customers, and our communities. We're proud of our diverse workforce and the work we’ve done to become a more inclusive organization. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know through the form below. Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
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